"Cohen was the director of outreach for the Minneapolis Community Kollel, an Orthodox community center that offers seminars and classes on Jewish texts and religious life. He ran the Kollel’s JWAY program for college students and recent graduates."

"emet le'amito" writes: "when the kollel in minneapolis has to remove the name of one of its heilege avreichim for sexual abuse of teenagers, that is still news (?). while still newsworthy, at the current rate, soon to be not so much."-------------------------------

Surprise Surprise!!

"14 men claim a "teacher" abused them. Undoubtedly, if so many accusations have only now been revealed, that many made the accusations so many years later, there are many more who don’t wish to come forward to be interviewed. This is a real issue which will not be swept under the carpet, as many in the religious community would prefer."

The background to this Yarchei Kallah is that it was during this weekend that Camp Gan Israel was officially renamed, at the Rebbe's request, to "Kiryas Gan Israel." In fact, the small "770" building behind the table of Rabbonim was the newly built U.S. Post Ofice, branch Kiryas Gan Israel -- thereby making this renaming official according to medinas hamalchus.

Before this Yarchei Kallah, Reb Yoel Kahn Shlita asked the Rebbe if he should go to attend. The Rebbe said yes. From this, he & others assumed that there will not be a farbrengen that Shabbes. (Other times when the Rebbe intended to farbreng, he would telll Reb Yoel to stay.) Yet, to the oilem's surprised, the Rebbe DID farbreng that Shabbes, & explained then at length the chidush of Gan Israel becoming a Kiryah davka etc. etc.

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